The Dardanelles Expedition: A Condensed Study
by Puleston, W. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis, MD,: United States Naval Institute, 1927. Hardcover, royal octavo [10" tall] burgundy cloth lettered in gold. 172pp., Bibliography. Illustrated with 70 maps. Second edition. Book protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Plate and map mounted inside mylar, with title on spine knocked-out on white against black background. Significant paste-show-through to plate on upper cover. Not an ex-library copy, from a private colletion. Ersatz jacket well executed and attractive. Contents: Chpt. I. The Political Background. Chpt. II. Events Leading to the Naval Attacks. Chpt. III. The Naval Attacks. Chpt. IV. The First Landing. Chpt. V. Marking Time, May-June-July. Chpt. VI. Anzac and Suvla. Chpt. VII. The Last Battle-Evacuation. A professional appraisal of the Dardanelles campaign by an American Naval officier. Scans sent on request. Book is clean, square and unmarked. Very good+. . Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010713
- Title
- The Dardanelles Expedition: A Condensed Study
- Author
- Puleston, W. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- United States Naval Institute
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, MD,
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- World War I, Turkish Campaign, Military History
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Staten Island, New York
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.